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I wrangled with the question of whether D was too young for this shizzle, but after hearing him plead with his big bro many a time if he could play ‘Crossy Road’ or make Cupcakes, I knew his time had come. Whenever we went on holiday, I would load up my ipad with great movies for him to watch on the plane and he loved it.

Luckily Father Christmas was savvy enough to get a friend to load up said ipad with loads of new movies and educational fun-friendly apps so Dominic was good to go from the off on Christmas Day. Needn’t have bothered really cos that wee guy has homed in on exactly what he wants to watch, courtesy of his fave channel, You Tube, with NO help from anyone, whatsoever! Between getting down to Justin Beiber and Bruno Mars, D likes to flick his favourite ‘shows’ and his tastes are varied!

Weird stuff that I’ve discovered 3 year olds LOVE LOVE LOVE are:

1. Watching other children play with character figures & Sidewalk Cops

Yep, my boy gets himself comfy and sits back to view other families playing with toys HE likes and using THEIR imaginations! Um…something wrong with this picture! My gorgeous son is super active on a daily basis so I don’t mind when he chills for a bit, BUT talk about switching off completely! Why have a dog and bark yourself? They will do role play with Paw Patrol figures, cars, Fireman Sam…hell you can find a video using whatever character you fancy on there. If left to his own devices (which he isn’t) he would spend the day living vicariously through his peers on the small screen.

Then you have the more grown up version when the barely school ages dudes jump in their ride-ons to create and solve crime in Sidewalk Cops.

This is one of his faves (and mine!)

2. Peppa Pig In German/Russian/Mexican/Any Other Language imaginable

Yup, apparently family fave Peppa sounds way better in multilingual bursts! I’ve come in from the kitchen to find Dominic enthralled by Grandpa Pig teaching the little piggies how to grow flowers in Dutch! We also like this one where George catches a cold while it rains in Spain!

3. Kids unboxing Kinder Eggs or any other gift

Just like I’d get all wobbly if I watched the unveiling of the latest Chanel Bag on You Tube, Dominic (and it would seem, 25 million of his worldwide peers) get a kick from viewing other children excitedly opening their latest Kinder surprise toy or Birthday surprises. One of these clearly was made up of every small figure the child already owned that his mum had cleverly encased in a shiny, colourful plastic tomb so they could make a whole 20 minute video out of it.  I am worried D is gearing up for his birthday later this month and I have to admit I have googled ’empty plastic eggs’ yes I have…..

This is one of Dominic’s favourites (and longest – though I promise he hasn’t seen it all the way through!) with a staggering 35 MILLION views!!!!

And the Queen of unboxing seems to be Hailey, of Hailey’s Magical Playhouse!

4.  Waterslides, the bigger and faster the better!

Thanks to a generation of go-pro families, you now do not need to go to the worlds waviest,scariest or longest waterslides yourself. Nope, my too-short in real life pre-schooler son can virtually slipslide down the torrents of the worlds trickiest tunnels! Over and over and over and over again……

5. Play Doh. Of any kind. for as long as possible….

Last time I looked, there were about 550,000 options for watching kids making/using play doh on YT! I like this one because if he’s watching it on there, my kitchen floor and the soles of all our shoes are safe! Ohhh yes! I am not that ‘let’s decimate the kitchen and have a play doh fun day mum’ so it suits me just fine that if he isn’t actually making it himself at pre-school or at the many groups and activities we do, then it can remain firmly in the mess-free domain of his Ipad!

Here is the one with the most hits from this house at the mo!

What things does your little one like to watch? I’m sure Dominic would welcome suggestions!

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